President Akufo-Addo Leaves for Europe on Official Visits

Post by Peace Ezebuiro June 6, 2017

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has left Accra, Ghana to some European countries on official visits. President Akufo-Addo will first of all attend meetings of the United Nation’s Advocacy Group of Eminent Personalities on the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals in Belgium and the United States of America (USA), a statement from Flagstaff House reveals.

Recall that he was on Tuesday, 11th April, 2017, appointed to replace Former President John Mahama as co-chairperson of the Group.

The President is also expected to attend the G-20 Partnership for Africa summit in Germany. He will be accompanied by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchway MP, and officials of the Presidency and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

President Akufo-Addo’s Itinerary

Brussels, Belgium

In Brussels, President Akufo-Addo will meet with Norwegian Prime Minister, Her Excellency Erna Solberg, his co-chair of the UN SDGs Advocates Group of Eminent Personalities.

The President will also hold separate meetings with the King of Belgium, King Philippe; Belgian Prime Minister, Charles Michel; and President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker.

At the opening of the 2017 European Development Days (EDD), Europe’s leading forum on international co-operation and development, he will deliver an address on the theme “Making Gender and the Youth the Private Sector’s Business”.

New York, US

In the United States of America, President Akufo-Addo will participate and address the UN Oceans Conference, the high-level UN Conference being held in New York to support the Implementation of SDG 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development (Life under Water).

The President will also have his first formal meeting with UN Secretary General, António Guterres.

Berlin, Germany

In Germany, President Akufo-Addo will pay a courtesy call on the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and participate in the G-20 Africa Partnership Summit, to be held in Berlin to deliberate on Germany’s “Marshall Plan” for Africa, at the invitation of the German Chancellor.

He will also deliver a speech on the theme “Ghana, Africa’s Rising Star”, at an event organised by the Konrad Adenaeur Stiftung.

United Kingdom

After the G-20 summit in Germany, the president will proceed to the UK on a two-day private visit.